Telling Lies review – endless possibilities in brilliant detective story

Suspense, plot and character have long been considered the foundations of a good thriller – but really, the sign of a mystery done well is a sound. It's the "hwwwwahhh!" of air whooshing past your lips and down into your lungs after a pivotal reveal. It's a noise certain to be heard during the hours spent untangling the secret at the heart of Telling Lies. Sam Barlow's critically acclaimed Her Story (2015) introduced us to the concept of the interactive search engine thriller. In that game, you play an unnamed character who, for reasons unknown, is sitting at a computer trawling through hours of stolen police station video footage showing a suspect being interviewed.